Invitation to tender issued for Europe's most advanced cultural award
Added: (Fri Apr 12 2019)
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The 14th call for the most innovative European competition for cultural management, cultural marketing and cultural promotion has been launched. Europe's most advanced cultural award honours dynamic cultural projects and exceptional commitment on the part of European cultural investors and trend-setting cultural managers. Until 31 August 2019, cultural providers, business enterprises, foundations, publishing houses as well as cities and tourism companies can submit their applications in eight competition categories. On 26 September, a 41-member jury of cultural experts, chaired by Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheytt, will decide at the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Museum Island Berlin on the nominees. Within the "Night of Cultural Brands", the award winners will be presented with the AURICA, the icon of the European cultural market on the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein in Essen in front of around 750 guests from the worlds of business, culture, tourism, media and politics. https://kulturmarken.de/veranstaltungen/kulturmarken-award
Applications may be submitted in the following eight competition categories:
- European Cultural Brand of the Year
- European Trend Label of the Year
- European Cultural Manager of the Year
- European Cultural Investor of the Year
- European Educational Programme of the Year
- European Cultural Tourism Region of the Year
- Prize for Urban Culture (German-speaking area)
- European Media Culture Prize
The "Best of the Best" in these categories will be honoured at the "Night of Cultural Brands", which is held in hall 12, the former sorting conveyor belt hall, of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein, where in operating hours numerous conveyor belts were used to sort out rock pieces from the coal. The prize-giving ceremony of the 14th European Cultural Brand Awards in this unique setting represents the emotional highlight of the CultureInvest! Congress on the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein in Essen on 7 and 8 November 2019. The Congress brings together 750 participants from all over Europe supported by more than 100 speakers and moderators from the world of culture, business, media and politics. As a leading forum for European cultural providers and cultural promoters, it offers an excellent expertise and networking platform.
Hard coal mining is not only to be seen as a tremendous driving force for our prosperity in the wake of the founding of the Europan Coal and Steel Community as the basis for a modern, united Europe, but also for the transformation process of the industrial society into a creative service society. The very special history of the award venue shaped this year's CultureInvest! Congress motto " Heading for Europe! Transform the Culture". Among the prize winners of recent years are the Dresden State Art Collections, the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Vienna Burgtheater, the Schirn Art Gallery, RUHR.2010, the Bregenz Festival, the Dortmunder U and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as European cultural brands. In addition, the AVL Cultural Foundation, Würth Group, Bayer Kultur, Mercedes-Benz Bank, Migros and BMW have been honored as European Cultural Investors. Amelie Deuflhard (Kampnagel, Hamburg), Francis Morris (Tate Modern, London), Prof. Gereon Sievernich (Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin), Udo Kittelmann ( National Gallery, Berlin), Prof. Dr. Thomas Girst (BMW Group), Volker Ludwig (Grips Theatre, Berlin), Hedy Graber (Migros) and Jürgen Flimm ( State Opera Berlin) have been honoured as European Cultural Managers over the past twelve years. The Ruhr metropolis, the city of Basel and the city of Trier were able to position themselves as a cultural tourism region. Last year, crescendo - the magazine for classical music & lifestyle - was delighted to receive the first prize for media culture.
Initiator of the European Cultural Brand Award is Causales - Gesellschaft für Kulturmarketing und Kultursponsoring mbH. The European Cultural Brand Award is sponsored by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Zollverein Foundation and the premium partners RSM, MIHAI, ARTE Magazine and Deutsche Welle TV, as well as over 35 other media and event partners.